Monday, December 05, 2011

My Favorite Things: The Tough Economic Times Edition

Favorite Things (adj., noun), def: things I love (or things I love to do)Italianfavorito,past participle offavorireto favor, from favorefavor, from Latinfavor, First Known Use: 1583 / Middle English, from Old English, thing, assembly; akin to Old High Germandingthing, assembly, Gothictheihstime

I did what I think of as my "Oprah Edition" of Favorite Things here, and while the overused term of "these tough economic times" is one of my *least* favorite things, there are many things that are free or very low cost that are also my favorite things.

Here's a list of my favorite things with a small price tag or none at all--

1) Stringing popcorn with my family or making a paper chain where we write down the names of all the people we love.

2) Watching all the old Christmas shows on ABC, my favorite being The Year Without a Santa Claus (this is the best one because it has Heat Miser & Snow Miser).

3) Painting Owls on rocks:

4) Having Oregon Chai Tea before bed or in front of the fireplace and/or Christmas tree.

5) This may be a Northwest thing-- but after a windstorm, I go for a walk and pick up fallen evergreen limbs and put them on my porch and on my mantel inside.

6) Going on an artist date. Go to a gallery or museum with a notebook and a long afternoon.

7) Spend 15 minutes writing a poem.

8) Spend 15 minutes reading the same poem again and again.

9) Taking a walk with your cellphone or digital camera and taking photos of the beauty of familiar things.

What a wonderful list! And I completely agree. Beautifully said. I've pinned #3 and #10. p.s. You had visited my blog once via OWOH, and today I was browsing my bloggy love list. :) So happy to have found this little post filled with loveliness for some daily inspiration. Happy Holidays!!